Sights Chiang Rai, Thailand

In Chang Rayet focused many attractions that have made this province one of the most favorite tourist destinations in the country. On the ancient temples of the city and its environs become legend, for example, one of them, the famous sculpture of the Emerald Buddha, now located in the capital, it was originally housed in the temple of Wat Phra Keo.

Historical interest is the tomb and in Muang Ngam Hill. There is a perception that there is dumping Mengraya King - the founder of the city. Nearby are the ruins of the settlements had been planted in the XIII century. But destroyed during the war. Among the remaining sites there are some buildings of a religious nature.

Become an unforgettable promises and walk in the National Park Doi Naomi, whose hallmark is the mysterious caves and amazing waterfalls. Nature of the province surprises with its beauty: pristine landscapes, mostly mountainous terrain, forested mountain peaks and picturesque valleys. Some of them are still inhabited by Aborigines - perhaps this is because for a long time the area was virtually cut off from the external world because of the lack of roads, conducted only in the XX century.

A few miles north of the town are two high, forested, the peak of Doi Mae Salonga and Dai Tung, located on the beautiful hilly place. Driving directions to them can be on the winding roads, passing along the path of the valleys and forests, to the end to enjoy breathtaking views, view from the summit. In the east you can see Memot and Laos, and in the west - the hills of Myanmar. Tourist attractions are also can be called a local village, inhabited by the Thai tribes.

Traveling through the mountains north of the province, can not break away from the endless landscape of tea plantation areas Mae Salonga, where the highest by the market.

The territory of the province is famous residence and garden of the Queen Mother on Mount Doi Tung. Here are members of the family of Rama IX and their guests, and in the lab centers on a daily basis trying to acclimatize to the high mountain thousands of new tropical species of plants. In the fertile valleys of the foothills of the river stretch Tung endless rice fields. Heading into the valley of the Mekong River - the territory of the "Golden Triangle", is worth visiting the Museum of opium, which collected the exhibits telling about the past of this land, who was once one of the world's most famous regions of opium culture.